Correspondence A 1990
Incoming and outgoing correspondence, predominantly concerning politics and gerontology. Correspondents include:
<li>Comfort's letter to <i>The Independent</i> regarding civil violence in response to introduction of the Poll Tax. (Comfort's copy dated 3 April 1990)
<li>Peace Pledge Union
<li>University College London (UCL) Library regarding the depositing of Comfort's papers
<li>The Research Institute for the Care of the Elderly at St Martins Hospital, Bath
<li><i>BMJ</i>
<li>Woodland's Trust regarding "Comfort's Wood" in Kent
<li>Letter to <i>The Guardian</i> regarding the Poll Tax (Comfort's copy dated 15 May 1990)
<li>Grafton Books regarding Comfort's science fiction novel <i>Tetrarch</i>
<li>BBC regarding interviewing Comfort for a programme about J B S Haldane
<li>The Society for Process Thought. Correspondence re.a seminar and a draft paper on the underclass in modern America.
<li>Louis Kauffman (mathematician and topologist, author of <i>Knots and Physics</i>)
<li><i>Solidarity: A Journal of Libertarian Socialism</i>
<li>Michael Randle (English peace campaigner and researcher known for his involvement in non-violent direct action in Britain, and also for his role in helping the Soviet spy George Blake escape from a British prison. He was on the Committee of 100 with Comfort). Randle is responding to a newspaper article in the <i>Sunday Times</i>, 29 January 1989 [included in the correspondence] in which Comfort says he knew about the plan to spring Blake and makes comments about Randle.
<li>Newspaper cuttings about the charge against Randle and Pat Pottle [springing Blake from prison]
<li><i>Solidarity: A Journal of Libertarian Socialism</i>
<li>Caleb Ellicott Finch (American gerontologist)
<li>Century publishers regarding possible revised editions of <i>Reality And Empathy</i> and <i>I And That</i>
<li><i>The Lancet</i>
<li>Correspondence regarding Comfort's appearance on <i>Nightflyte</i> TV show on Scottish Television, alate night discussion programme on the topic of "Over the Hill?"
<li>Summons from Tunbridge Wells and Cranbrook Magistrates Court for non payment of The Community Charge (aka the Poll Tax)
<li>Dorothy Urquhart of Focus 60 (group for the over 60s)
<li>Paper on Sir Peter Brian Medawar, Biologist, for <i>Nature</i> magazine
<li>Correspondence with Macmillan publishers, in which Comfort expresses his views on the press (7 and 9 August 1990)
Apr-Aug1990